A study investigating differences between male and female sex role orientation and attitudes to changing sex roles tested two null hypotheses: (1) There will be no statistically significant difference between sex role orientation and sex role attitudes; and (2) regardless of sex role orientation, there will be no statistically significant difference between men's and women's sex role attitudes. Seven hundred thirty-nine vocational educators were contacted; 431 (58.32%) returned usable questionnaires. A subsample was selected and divided into a synergistic group (n=114) and a sex-typed group (n=110). Findings were that hypothesis 1 was partially rejected, as the two groups differed in their attitudes toward extrafamilial roles and male/female nature and behaviors. Hypothesis 2 was rejected as data clearly indicated that women, regardless of sex role orientation level, were significantly more nontraditional in their sex role attitudes. Conclusions were that efforts on the part of women who hold nontraditional attitudes might be a key factor in eliminating sex stereotyping in vocation education, but regardless of sex, sex role orientation is a predictor of behavior and what is needed is a group to initiate change in that area. Samples of questionnaires and inventories used in the study, along with tables of score correlations, are appended. (BL)